A/N: For those of you that read my stories 'I'm Here For You' and Townhouse Incident – The Crossover', I will resume with those shortly. I am working on Chapter 13 of 'I'm Here For You' right now but I had to deal with the idea for this story. Once that chapter gets posted, I will work on 'Townhouse Incident' again. I only own my own characters.

Hank was sitting at his desk working on paperwork. He caught a glimpse of the picture of him and his girlfriend, Lorraine. She was a friend of Trudy's and Trudy decided that he needed some happiness in his life. He agreed. He had thought about moving on almost 2 years ago. He had developed feelings for Olivia Benson and vice versa and they had acted on their feelings but things between them were tense. He thought she had respected him enough to talk to him but the last time they had worked together, in search for Yates, she was cold and distant. Every time he said something sincere, she'd give him that phony smile of hers she knew he hated. Trudy had introduced him to Lorraine not too long after Justin's death. Erin liked her and so did Olive. Daniel took to her pretty quickly as well but most importantly, Hank liked her. She was someone he could see every day and his past didn't bother her. Like him, she was widowed and her only son had been killed in Afghanistan, much like he feared would have happened with Justin. She also had grandchildren that were growing up without their dad. Hank thought about calling Lorraine to meet him for lunch but decided against it. The squad was gone when he saw a familiar face come into the bullpen and approach his door.

"Hey, stranger."

"Lieutenant."

"Lieutenant? I thought we were at least friends."

"Well, you were pretty cold and distant the last time you were here. You gave me that phony smile of yours, which you know I hate. I gave up on trying to even keep a friendship with you because obviously you don't respect me enough."

"I respect you."

"Oh yeah. When I asked you to talk to me the last time, you wouldn't. How is that respecting me? After everything that happened between us. How many times did that happen? At least 3 that I remember. I really thought I meant something to you. Oh, and by the way, I know about your trip to Paris with your boyfriend or whatever he is."

"I figured Erin would have told you and I'm fine with that."

"So, is he the reason why you treated me like dirt the last time you were here?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Cut the crap, Benson. You could have told me you were with someone."

"My personal life is none of your business."

"Oh, so I was just someone for you to screw, is that it?"

"Isn't that all you wanted?"

"Really? Are you that dense? For crying out loud, Benson, I told you I loved you. Wasn't that enough for you? Apparently not. I'm not a mind reader. All you wanted out of what we had was sex. I know I never meant anything to you. I get it. I'm not an idiot."

"That's not true and you know it."

"Then why didn't you return any of my phone calls or text messages between the last time we slept together after Yates' trial and the last time we worked together 10 months later? And don't use Noah as an excuse. I get you have a kid but that doesn't justify you completely avoiding me for 10 months. You knew damn well that I wanted to make this work between us."

Olivia got a text, so she pulled her phone out of her pocket to read it. Hank got up and grabbed the phone out of her hand.

"I'm not going to have you in my office texting your boyfriend. You can have it back when you leave."

"Give me my phone. Now!"

"No."

Hank put it in the drawer of his desk and locked it.

"You're an ass!"

"Thank you."

"That wasn't a compliment. Give me my damn phone."

"If you don't stop bitching about your damn phone, I'll put you in the Cage."

"You wouldn't dare!"

"Try me."

"You're really starting to piss me off, Sergeant."

"Good. It serves you right. I've been pissed at you for over a year and a half but it's mostly been in the last 9 months. Olinsky said he left you a message to tell you about Justin. Did I hear from you? No."

"I didn't contact you or anyone else until I ran into Erin and Jay in Paris. I've been going through a lot myself in the last 6 months. My Sergeant was shot and killed when we went to a domestic to remove the wife and kids from the home. He was the son of my boss and I have felt nothing but guilt ever since because I blame myself for what happened."

"Hey, I get it. I'm just the guy in Chicago whose heart was broken because the woman he thought he loved can't be bothered to love him back. It's bad enough that you never told me about your relationship but someone from IAB? Are you really that desperate?"

Hank took her phone out of the drawer and handed it to her.

"Whatever that was between us never happened and as far as I'm concerned, it meant nothing."

Hank grabbed his jacket and left. He called Lorraine on the way to see if she wanted to have lunch. As soon as Hank left, Olivia broke down and cried. She called Ed before she left the District and told him everything. She then picked him and Noah up at the hotel and they went to have lunch at Portillo's, which is the same place Hank and Lorraine had gone to. When they arrived, they looked to see what they wanted and then Olivia took Noah to find a table, while Ed went to order the food. The table she found was by Hank's by his back was to her, so she didn't know it was him.

"Mommy, you ok?"

"I'll be fine. Thank you, Sweetie."

Ed came over with the food.

"Liv, you need to stop blaming him for what happened. You know he's right. Also, he has a right to know about the other thing."

"I know. Why are you always right?"

"It's just how I am. It's a gift."

"Don't be an ass!"

"That's not the first time I've heard that. This is good."

"What do you think, Noah?"

"Yummy!"

"You better plan on talking to Voight before we leave."

"Ok."

"If you don't tell him, I will."

"I'll tell him. I'll text him right now to see if it's ok for us to talk."

Olivia sent Hank a text. He replied back that it was fine, not realizing they were a table apart."

"Mommy, I have to go."

"Do you want me to take you or do you want Ed to take you?"

"Ed."

"Ok."

"Alright, Buddy, let's go."

Ed took Noah's hand and took him to the washroom. Lorraine had gone to the washroom as well. Hank got up to throw the trash away and noticed Olivia.

"Hey."

"Oh, hey."

"Do you have time now?"

"It's kind of noisy in here."

"You're right. It is. I apologize for the way I acted earlier. What happened between us meant everything to me."

"Me too."

"Can you meet me at the District again after you're done here?"

"Yeah. That's fine. The rest of them won't be there?"

"Hopefully not."

Ed, Noah and Lorraine came back at the same time.

"You must be Hank. I'm Ed Tucker."

"Yep. I'm Hank. This is Lorraine Doyle. Lorraine, this is Olivia Benson."

"It's nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you."

"It's nice meeting you too. This is Noah."

"Hey, Noah."

"Hi."

"We need to get going. I'll see you in a little bit."

"Ok."

Hank got their jackets and after he helped Lorraine with hers and he put his own on, he took her hand and they left.

"Seriously? When was he planning to tell me he was seeing someone?"

"Are you even listening to yourself? Were you actually the one who told him about us or was that Detective Lindsay?"

"Detective Lindsay."

"Then what's your problem?"

"He's not supposed to be with anyone else. He promised me."

"What do you mean he promised you?"

"The last time we were together, he told me he loved me and said there will never be anyone but me in his life."

"And? Did you tell him you loved him back?"

"Not in so many words but it was implied. If I meant anything to him, he should have told me."

"You two aren't in a relationship. If you were, that would be different. Do you want me to come with you when you talk to him?"

"No. This is something I need to do on my own."

"Ok. I will if you want me to."

"I'll be fine."

They finished eating and then Olivia drove Ed and Noah back to the hotel. Hank had texted her to see if she could meet him at the house instead. She agreed and headed to his house.

What secret has Olivia been hiding from Hank? What will happen when they are alone in his house?

To be continued…

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